diff --git a/dockerfiles/services/nginx-php/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/services/nginx-php/Dockerfile
index 5d0c7d67a3c80d446b0583a8510dccba943d12cb..4d0bedc530477af197755395678ecd9c46e74c65 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/services/nginx-php/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/services/nginx-php/Dockerfile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
       mysql-client \
       php5-fpm \
       php5-mysql \
+      ssmtp \
       curl && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     rm -rf /etc/nginx/conf.d/* && \
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     sed -i 's/access_log.*/access_log \/dev\/stdout;/g' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf && \
     sed -i 's/error_log.*/error_log \/dev\/stdout info;/g' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf && \
     sed -i 's/^pid/daemon off;\npid/g' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf && \
+    sed -i "s/.*sendmail_path.*/sendmail_path = \/usr\/sbin\/ssmtp -t/g" /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini && \
     sed -i 's/;cgi.fix_pathinfo=1/cgi.fix_pathinfo=0/g' /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini
 
 ADD basic.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/basic.conf
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ RUN chmod u+x /opt/entrypoint.sh
 ADD mysql-check.sh /opt/mysql-check.sh
 RUN chmod u+x /opt/mysql-check.sh
 
+COPY ssmtp.conf /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
+
 ADD environment /etc/environment
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/opt/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/dockerfiles/services/nginx-php/ssmtp.conf b/dockerfiles/services/nginx-php/ssmtp.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aa6b53bf0a457815701db3a6db5e886195fe73de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/services/nginx-php/ssmtp.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+mailhub=172.17.42.1
+root=postmaster
+FromLineOverride=YES
+